In the street covered by the fog, two co-workers, a man and a woman are running.
[The scenario area is highly contaminated]
[Hold your breath and quickly get underground !]
The man, catching his breath : "How far... are we ?"
The woman, coughing : "We are almost there !"
Even if the Woman is older, she runs faster and longer than the man.
They see the entrance to a subway station.
The woman : "Look Hakkun, its right here."
She turns around and sees a burning building collapse and screams : "Look out !"
Suddenly Hakkun gets crushed by a falling concrete debris.
"SPRASH !"
The woman : "Oh dear... Such a waste of talent."
She turns back to the subway station and reaches it in a few seconds.
Fortunatly its open, however some people are waiting at the entrance.
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She sees their attributes above their head.
~Gangster, Gangster again. Bully, Head Gangster... Looks dangerous, I should look for another station.~ The woman analyses.
Right when she turns away, another man appears at from the station and talks to her.
"Hello madam, are you looking for a shelter ?"
She looks at him : "Yeah, but why are you all waiting here ?"
The man : "We are looking for people to help, I know we don't look very trustworthy but with all we've been through today, we should all help each other. The more we are the most likely we will survive."
~... He is right, and I can't keep running under this fog anyway.~ She decides.
She walks down the stairs and shake his hand.
Him : "My name is Cheon Inho, welcome to Geumho Station"
The woman : "Hi, I am Seyna Kim."
She takes off her cap revealing her silver hairs as she walks in the station.
[One hours later]
There are a lot of people at Geumho Station, causing a lot of agitation. Seyna Kim is sitting on a bench, looking at everyone around her. This behavior was natural to her after all these years past working as a reporter.
Cheon Inho, standing next to his strong-looking allies : "Everyone, please calm down."
People turn to him and begin complaining.
"Where is the food !"
"What are we gonna do now ?"
"Mommy... I am so hungry..."
Cheon Inho opens : "I am sorry everyone but this station didn't have any food left, the distributor was empty and no store were selling food here."
The crowd begins to be even louder
He opens his arms and screams: "However !"
Suddenly the noise stops and everyone listen to him.
Cheon Inho : "Tomorrow when the sun rises, we will send teams with the objective to gather food outside."
People begins wispering until someone in the crowd speaks outloud : "But what about the fog ? It seems to become thicker overtime."
Cheon Inho : "You are right this is very dangerous outside, that's why only the strongest of us will go, protected by some face mask we found."
Everyone begins wispering again.
The Head Gangster, Bang Cheolsu : "If there are any volonteers, please join us at the entrance tomorrow morning.
Someone else in the crowd : "What will happend to those who can't join the scavengers ?"
Cheon Inho : "They will be fed too or course."
Someone else : "Then what is the point of joining ? We will be risking our lifes for nothing more than those who stay here safe ?"
Cheon Inho : "Those who go outside looking for food will have a bigger share, after all they need strength to survive outside."
No one argued with that, it was once again, pure logic.
Cheon Inho : "I have an idea, those courageous people shall be called the Major group, those who stay here will be the Minor group."
Almost no-one could sleep this night, the guilt of the murder they all had to commit, the choice to join or not the scavengers on the next day, the fear of waking up to another scenario or even being killed in its sleep.
When the sun rises, some people decided to walk up the stairs to the entrance and meet Bang Cheolsu to help looking for food, Seyna wasn't one of them. She couldn't bring herself to go upstairs, there were too many unknown things, too many variables, she always trusted her critical thinking and today it told her not to go.
Two hours later, those who went look for food came back and declared two people as "missing". This news conforted Seyna in her choice not to join.
Someone was crying after that statement as he was close to one of the missing person but Geumho group instantly accepted the sacrifice when they saw the shopping cart full of various foods and drinks.
Everyone rushed to them but some people with weapons blocked the passage.
Cheon Inho : "Be patient eveyone, we are heading to the stedwardship tent to count all the food and prepare everyone's share."
[Meanwhile]
Yu Junghyoek, Kim Namwoon, Lee Hyunsung and Han Aweshaila are in the subway tunnels, fighting their first rats.
[You received 50 coins for killing a Tier 9 Ground Rat]
[You received 50 coins for killing a Tier 9 Ground Rat]
[You received 50 coins for killing a Tier 9 Ground Rat]
[You received 50 coins for killing a Tier 9 Ground Rat]
[You received 50 coins for killing a Tier 9 Ground Rat]
Lee Hyunsung : "What were those things ?"
[You received 50 coins for killing a Tier 9 Ground Rat]
Yu Junghyoek just killed the last one, all the Rat are dead now.
Han Aweshaila : "I don't know, but lt was terrifiying fighting these in the dark !"
~It was even darker than in my previous life. Ham Cheelo, the third survivor of my wagon, had a flashlight just like Kim Namwoon, but today we only had one. I forgot about this detail...~ Yu Junghyoek thinks.
He looks at Han Aweshaila.
~Now that I think of this, Ham Cheelo died here last time, she is doing better than him, doesn't mean I can trust her though.~ Yu Junghyoek tells himself.
They arrive at Geumho Station a few dozens of minutes later and enter.
People rush at them asking for food.
Cheon Inho leaves the tent approaches : "Please everyone, don't be disrespectful with our new members."
~There he is, I must be carefull not to fall for his words...~ Yu Junghyoek tells himself.
Cheon Inho : "You know that if they bring food, I will share with you all"
Yu Junghyoek, smiling : "Hi I am Yu Junghyoek, these are my cousins."
~"Counsins ?"~ His three companions wonders.
Cheon Inho, smiling too : "What a beautiful family ! Iam Cheon Inho, I take care of this station and its refugees. Welcome here and please if you have any food, could you share with us ?"
Yu Junghyoek, with a bigger smile : "Lucky for you Chang, we have some animals to cook."
Cheon Inho, smiling even more than Yu Junghyoek : "Cheon, not Chang..."
Suddenly his face change when he sees the Ground Rats body on Lee Hyunsung's back : "What are these ?!"